An Italian prosecution team unlawfully searched four companies to investigate fraud charges against Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a Hong Kong court heard Monday. The team seized documents during a search of the companies' offices in Hong Kong on January 2007 as part of an investigation into allegations of tax fraud, embezzlement and false accounting by Berlusconi. They also ...

Hundreds of thousands of people marched through the Italian capital Saturday in a massive show of support for embattled Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi ahead of regional elections. Berlusconi used the occasion to launch a blistering attack on his political enemies, saying left-leaning judges and centre-left politicians had concocted "a laughable investigation based on the tapping of my calls." The billionaire ...

Hundreds of thousands of people marched through the Italian capital Saturday in a massive show of support for embattled Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi ahead of regional elections. Berlusconi used the occasion to launch a blistering attack on his political enemies, saying left-leaning judges and centre-left politicians had concocted "a laughable investigation based on the tapping of my calls." The billionaire ...

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, with approval ratings plunging amid corruption and electoral scandals, Wednesday launched a charm offensive ahead of key regional elections. Full-page ads in Italian newspapers, emblazoned with the slogan "Love Always Wins Over Envy and Hatred," urged supporters to come out in force for a campaign rally in Rome on Saturday. The slogan also features on ...